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SUMMARY:Transformation for All - Implementing the Agenda 2030 in Germany f
rom a Practical Policy Perspective - Dr. Joerg Mayer-Ries
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171025T151500Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171025T161500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Environmental and sustainability policy is facing new challeng
es concerning wicked problems in the accelerating interlinkages of the eco
-socio-economic world\, in the growing complexity of policy-and-beyond gov
ernance to deal with those problems and in the increasingly contested area
s of knowledge and ignorance on which concepts of problems\, goals and pol
icies are based upon. Dr. Mayer-Ries will outline ideas and experiences of
German environmental and sustainability policy dealing with those challen
ges from the perspective of strategic administrative and policy practice.
The implementation of the UN-Agenda 2030 in Germany since 2015 and new Ger
man initiatives to strengthen the involvement of science into a sustainabl
e transformation will serve as reference points. \n\n Dr. Joerg Mayer-
Ries has been working as Lecturer for political Economy at University Olde
nburg\, as Director of Studies at a Lutheran Academy and as Senior Consult
ant in the private sector. Since 2007 he is Head of Division in the Depart
ment for Fundamental Aspects of Environmental Policy at the Federal Minist
ry for Environment\, Nature Conservation\, Building and Nuclear Safety (BM
UB) in Berlin. Dr. Mayer-Ries is responsible for the environmental dimensi
on and monitoring of the German Sustainability Strategy and European and g
lobal aspects of German sustainability policy. He coordinated the National
Environmental Programme 2030 of the Ministry\, the first Integrated Nitro
gene Report 2017 and several research projects on strategic and fundamenta
l concepts for future environmental policy. Until end of this year Dr. May
er-Ries is appointed as Senior Fellow to the Institute for Advanced Sustai
nability Studies IASS at Potsdam. \nSpeakers:\nDr. Joerg Mayer-Ries
LOCATION:Dyson Perrins Building\, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/1367de94-b627-41c8-abf4-05a06e02fb37/
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SUMMARY:Big History: Humans and their Environment - Sir Crispen Tickell (U
niversity of Oxford)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171018T151500Z
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DESCRIPTION:We know something of our past\, which we call history. We thin
k we know the present. Some may see the future as a continuation of both.
They are wrong. We are in a new situation (well labelled the Anthropocene)
which requires us to confront an unprecedented range of issues: the multi
plication of our species\; how we measure health and wealth\; the future s
ource of our food and energy supply\; conservation of the natural world an
d other forms of life\; adaptation to climate change\; and the shortcoming
s of the conventional wisdom\, even science\, in all its aspects. Most for
ecasts are wrong\, but let us jump a hundred years. By then humans are lik
ely to be living in a more globalized world of rapid communication. The ge
ographical balance of political power will change. More than ever there wi
ll be a single human society in which humans increasingly resemble a super
organism. Even the evolution of our species may take a different turn with
effects on the brain. Already many are less interested in words than in v
isual images\, and have difficulty in integrating their thinking and actio
ns. But life itself is so robust that the dominance of any species\, even
our own\, could be no more than a short episode in the story of life on Ea
rth.\n\nSir Crispin Tickell is a pioneer in linking environmental and in p
articular climatic change to the worlds of politics and business. A former
British diplomat\, Sir Crispen was Permanent Secretary of the Ministry re
sponsible for overseas aid\, and British Permanent Representative to the U
nited Nations in New York\, before going on to be Warden of Green (Templet
on) College Oxford\, Chancellor of the University of Kent\, Adviser at Lar
ge to the President of Arizona State University\, and member of the Intern
ational Advisory Council of the Oxford Martin School. He has authored many
papers and books\, including Climate Change and World Affairs and Mary An
ning of Lyme Regis.\nSpeakers:\nSir Crispen Tickell (University of Oxford)
LOCATION:Dyson Perrins Building\, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/74e95a64-9364-4cf9-827e-41263d536444/
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SUMMARY:Doughnut Economics: How to Think Like a 21st Century Economist - K
ate Raworth (Environmental Change Institute)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171011T151500Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171011T161500Z
UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/bab1c1ff-a9da-48ac-9f6a-ad7cc83cd1c9/
DESCRIPTION:Economics – literally ‘the art of household management’
– could not be more relevant this century: we urgently need a new genera
tion of economists who are ready to manage our planetary home in the inter
ests of all its inhabitants. But the economic theories still taught in uni
versities and used by policymakers worldwide are dangerously out of date.
From climate change and the rise of the 1% to repeated financial crises\,
last-century’s theories are simply not up to tackling the central econom
ic challenges of our times. Drawing on insights from diverse schools of th
ought – including complexity\, ecological\, feminist\, behavioural and i
nstitutional economics – Kate Raworth argues that it’s time to rethink
economics to make it fit for the 21st century. \n\nKate Raworth is a rene
gade economist focused on exploring the economic mindset needed to address
the 21st century’s social and ecological challenges\, and is the creato
r of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries. She is a Senior Visi
ting Research Associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Inst
itute\, where she teaches on the Masters in Environmental Change and Manag
ement. She is also a Senior Associate at the Cambridge Institute for Susta
inability Leadership.\nSpeakers:\nKate Raworth (Environmental Change Insti
tute)
LOCATION:Dyson Perrins Building\, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
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SUMMARY:Culture's role in hazard and climate change risk: worldviews\, bel
ief systems and 'alternative facts' - Dr Lisa Schipper (Overseas Developme
nt Institute)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171108T161500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Evidence from around the world indicates that culture can infl
uence people’s vulnerability to climate variability and natural hazards\
, because expressions of culture include behaviour that results in exposur
e and sensitivity to hazards. Most studies have characterised this as a ba
rrier to risk reduction\, and few (none) have offered any suggestions for
how to move beyond it\, because of the ethical dilemma posed by influencin
g others’ beliefs for the purpose of reducing risk. At the same time\, s
tudies have documented people overcoming cultural taboos in the face of cl
imate variability and natural hazards\, including abandoning strict social
structures\, and conforming to parallel and occasionally contradictory be
lief systems as a way to overcome culturally imposed restrictions on behav
iour. This lecture presents examples from around the world\, and focuses o
n the question: What conditions would facilitate a shift in worldview to i
ncorporate a risk reduction? Who’s understanding of risk is ‘correct
’? And if perceptions of what reality are culturally-defined\, does this
mean that there is such a thing as ‘alternative facts’? \n\nDr Lisa S
chipper is a Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute. Her
research specialty is adaptation and socio-cultural vulnerability to clim
ate change and natural hazards. The context for nearly all of her work has
been smallholder or subsistence agriculture in poor communities in Southe
ast and South Asia\, Central and South America\, and East Africa.\nSpeaker
s:\nDr Lisa Schipper (Overseas Development Institute)
LOCATION:Dyson Perrins Building\, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
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SUMMARY:Prosperity without Growth - 7 years on - Professor Tim Jackson (Un
iversity of Surrey)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170131T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170131T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in
the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson’s piercing challenge to conventi
onal economics openly questioned the most highly-prized goal of politician
s and economists alike: the continued pursuit of exponential economic grow
th. Its findings provoked controversy\, inspired debate and led to a new w
ave of research building on its arguments and conclusions. Seven years aft
er it was first published\, on the occasion of substantially revised and u
pdated second edition\, Tim Jackson discusses how much has changed (and re
mained unchanged) in the interim and argues that building a ‘post-growth
’ economy is now a precise definable and meaningful task.\n\nAbout Tim:\
n\nTim is an ecological economist and professor of sustainable development
at the University of Surrey. He was the founder and director of RESOLVE (
Research Group on Lifestyles Values and Environment)[1] and is director of
the follow-on project: the Defra/ESRC Sustainable Lifestyles Research Gro
up (SLRG).[2] Tim Jackson is the author of Prosperity Without Growth: econ
omics for a finite planet (2009) and currently holds the ESRC Professorial
Fellowship on Prosperity and Sustainability in the Green EconomyFor more
than twenty years\, he has worked internationally on sustainable consumpti
on and production.[5] During five years at the Stockholm Environment Insti
tute in the early 1990s\, he pioneered the concept of preventative environ
mental management outlined in his 1996 book Material Concerns – pollutio
n profit and quality of life.[6]For the last decade his research has focus
ed on consumption\, lifestyle and sustainability. In 2005\, the Sustainabl
e Development Research Network[7] published his widely cited review Motiva
ting Sustainable Consumption.[8] A respective Earthscan 'Reader' in Sustai
nable Consumption was issued in 2006.[9] During 2006 and 2007 Tim Jackson
was advisor and a regular contributor to BBC Newsnight's Ethical Man serie
s.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Tim Jackson (University of Surrey)
LOCATION:School of Geography and the Environment
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SUMMARY:Why India needs monsoon scientists - Sunita Narain (Director Gener
al\, Centre for Science and Environment)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170222T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:About Sunita:\nSunita Narain has been with the Centre for Scie
nce and Environment (CSE) since 1982. She is currently the director genera
l of the Centre and the treasurer of the Society for Environmental Communi
cations and editor of the fortnightly magazine\, Down To Earth.\nShe is a
writer and environmentalist\, who uses knowledge for change. In 2005 she w
as awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government. She has also received
the World Water Prize for work on rainwater harvesting and for its policy
influence in building paradigms for community based water management. In 2
005\, she also chaired the Tiger Task Force at the direction of the Prime
Minister\, to evolve an action plan for conservation in the country after
the loss of tigers in Sariska. She advocated solutions to build a coexiste
nce agenda with local communities so that benefits of conservation could b
e shared and the future secured. Narain was a member of the Prime Minister
’s Council for Climate Change as well as the National Ganga River Basin
Authority.\nSpeakers:\nSunita Narain (Director General\, Centre for Scienc
e and Environment)
LOCATION:School of Geography and the Environment
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SUMMARY:Are universities & research councils doing nearly enough to tackle
climate change? - Craig Bennett (CEO\, Friends of the Earth)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20161019T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The talk will be followed by a drinks reception for an opportu
nity to mingle and network.\n\nAbout Craig:\n\nCraig is CEO for Friends of
the Earth since 2015. Since 2010 Craig has led the Charity’s campaigns
department as its Director of Policy and Campaigns. Under his campaign le
adership\, the organisation achieved a number of notable successes includi
ng ensuring the UK remains frack-free and securing a National Pollinator S
trategy to reverse the decline of bees.\nPrior to this role at Friends of
the Earth\, he was Deputy Director at the University of Cambridge Institut
e for Sustainability Leadership\, and Director of the Prince of Wales’s
Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change from 2007 to 2010\, where he bui
lt the Group into one of the most influential and progressive business voi
ces in the international climate debate.\nSpeakers:\nCraig Bennett (CEO\,
Friends of the Earth)
LOCATION:Lecture theatre\, School of geography and the Environment
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/51a83bec-70a3-4f5f-a1a0-ee89bf1632ba/
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SUMMARY:Policy for Environmental Change: Info-Gap Response to Uncertainty
- Yakov Ben-Haim (Israel Institute of technology)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20161102T170000Z
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UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/96b147ee-9577-4352-b89e-325d7d445b85/
DESCRIPTION:History is full of surprises: the Fukushima tsunami and nuclea
r disaster (March 2011)\, the tsunami in the Indian Ocean (December 2004)
where it was not at all expected (unlike the Pacific Ocean where tsunamis
are far more common)\, the rapid market penetration of Sports Utility Vehi
cles (SUVs) in the US with resulting higher CO2 emissions\, surprisingly a
cidic rain in hardwood forests of New Hampshire in the 1960s\, and so on.
Uncertainty\, ignorance\, and the potential for surprise are all unbounded
\, and the unknown future is a major challenge in strategic planning and p
olicy prioritization.\nThere is a moral imperative to do one's best when m
aking high-consequence decisions. However\, our understanding is often wro
ng and we are frequently surprised by innovations and events. Using our fa
ulty models in trying to optimize policy outcomes is infeasible\, even irr
esponsible. The practical implication of severe uncertainty is that we mus
t ask: What outcomes are required? What performance is essential? How can
we be robust against surprise? We consider two examples: the innovation di
lemma in remediation\, and the paradox of optimal monitoring and surveilla
nce.\nSpeakers:\nYakov Ben-Haim (Israel Institute of technology)
LOCATION:Dyson Perrins Building\, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/96b147ee-9577-4352-b89e-325d7d445b85/
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